Author Archives: The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week for a second straight week, reaching their highest levels since June. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday the average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage increased to 3.52 percent from 3.47 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans bought homes in September, many for the first time, despite a persistent shortage of properties for sale. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that sales of existing homes rose 3.2 percent from August to ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s king, who died Thursday, was reputed to be the world’s richest royal and one of the wealthiest people on the planet. It was a status that clashed with the carefully managed image of a monarch intensely ...

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Two of the Borderland’s most iconic and enduring neighborhoods, both nestled against the border, are on a list of historic places that are in danger of losing their identity. The Segundo Barrio and Chihuahuita neighborhoods ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A restaurant employee in Charlotte has been shot to death. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police told local media outlets that officers were called to a real estate business shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday and found 26-year-old Katherine Memory Jones. Emergency ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Wells Fargo’s earnings slipped in the third quarter, the bank said Friday, as the banking giant started dealing with the aftermath of a sales practices scandal that has consumed it in recent weeks. Wells said it ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week as the prospect of a year-end interest-rate increase by the Federal Reserve grew more likely. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday the average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage increased to ...

SPRINGS, N.Y. – A New York man is accused of numerous housing and code violations and illegally keeping a deer as a pet in his Long Island yard. East Hampton Town police were called last week after receiving a complaint ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Wells Fargo’s embattled CEO John Stumpf is stepping down as the nation’s second-largest bank is roiled by a scandal over its sales practices. The San Francisco bank said Stumpf is retiring effective immediately and also relinquishing ...